LB Health Check

Users can create LB health checks through the Samsung Cloud Platform Console and use them for LB server groups.

Create LB health check

To create an LB health check, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Networking > Load Balancer menu. You will be taken to the Load Balancer’s Service Home page.
2. On the Service Home page, click the LB Health Check menu. You will be taken to the LB Health Check List page.
3. On the LB Health Check List page, click the Create LB Health Check button. You will be directed to the Create LB Health Check page.
4. On the LB Health Check Creation page, enter the information required to create the service and select detailed options.
   • In the Service Information Input area, enter or select the required information.

     Category	Required	Detailed description
     LB health check name	Required	LB health check resource name Enter using English uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters (-_) with a length of 3 to 63 characters LB health check name must be unique within the Account
     VPC name	Required	Select the VPC to create the LB health check Select the VPC where the LB server group that will use the LB health check is created
     Service Subnet name	Required	Select the VPC Subnet to create the LB health check Select the Subnet where the LB server group that will use the LB health check is created
     Health check method > Protocol	Required	Health Check Protocol Select the protocol to use for member health checks among TCP, HTTP
     Health check method > Health check port	Required	Health check port Enter a value between 1 and 65,534 to use as the member health check port
     Health check method > interval	Required	Health check interval Default is 5 seconds, input allowed between 1 and 180 seconds
     Health check method > waiting time	Required	Health check response wait time Default 5 seconds, can be set between 1 and 180 seconds Cannot be set to a value larger than the interval
     Health check method > detection count	Required	Number of times to evaluate health check status Default value 3 times, input allowed between 1 and 10
     Health check method > HTTP method	Required	Set HTTP request method (HTTP protocol usage setting) Select GET or POST
     Health check method > URL monitor	Required	Enter health check URL path (set when using HTTP protocol) Enter using English letters, numbers, and special characters (/.-_?&=) within 50 characters
     Health check method > Response code	Required	Enter the HTTP response codes to receive from the server (HTTP protocol when used) Enter response codes in the 200 ~ 500 range
     Health check method > request string	Required	Health check request string input (HTTP protocol POST method setting) Enter the content to include in the Request Body using English letters, numbers, and special characters (/.-_?&=) within 255 bytes

     Table. LB health check service information input items
   • In the Additional Information Input area, enter or select the required information.

     Category	Required status	Detailed description
     description	Select	Enter resource description
     tag	Select	Add tags Up to 50 tags can be added per resource

     Table. LB server group additional information input fields
5. Summary Check the service information and estimated charges created in the panel, and click the Create button.
   • When creation is complete, check the created resources on the LB Health Check List page.

View detailed LB health check information

In the LB Health Check menu, you can view and edit the resource list and detailed information. The LB Health Check Details page consists of Details, Connected Resources, Tags, Activity Log tabs.

To view detailed LB health check information, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Networking > Load Balancer menu. You will be taken to the Load Balancer’s Service Home page.

2. On the Service Home page, click the LB Health Check menu. You will be taken to the LB Health Check List page.

   • You can modify the column visibility by clicking the Settings button at the top right of the table.

     Category	Display option	Detailed description
     LB health check name	Basic	LB health check resource name
     Service Subnet ID	Basic	VPC Subnet name where the LB health check was created
     Number of LB server groups	Basic	Number of LB server groups using LB health check
     type	Basic	LB Health Check Type
     Protocol	Basic	LB health check protocol
     Creation date and time	Basic	LB health check creation timestamp
     status	Basic	LB health check resource status

     Table. LB health check list items

3. On the LB Health Check List page, click the resource to view detailed information. You will be taken to the LB Health Check Details page.

   • LB Health Check Details At the top of the page, status information and descriptions of additional features are displayed.

     Category	Detailed description
     status	LB health check resource status Active: The service is active and functioning normally Deleting: Processing service termination request Creating: Processing service creation request Error: Unable to determine current status due to an internal error If this status persists, please contact the Support Center Editing: Processing service modification request
     Delete LB health check	Delete LB health check resource

     Table. LB health check status information and additional feature items

Detailed Information

Details tab allows you to view the resource’s detailed information from the LB health check list, and edit the information if needed.

Connected resource

In the Connected Resources tab, you can view detailed information about the LB server groups associated with the LB Health Check.

tag

LB health check list page lets you view the tag information of the selected resource and add, modify, or delete it.

Job History

Work History tab allows you to view the operation history of the selected resource.

Modify LB health check method

LB Health Check Details page allows you to modify the health check method.

To modify the LB health check method, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Networking > Load Balancer menu. You will be taken to the Load Balancer’s Service Home page.
2. On the Service Home page, click the LB Health Check menu. You will be taken to the LB Health Check List page.
3. LB Health Check List page, click the resource you want to edit details for. You will be taken to the LB Health Check Details page.
4. On the LB Health Check Details page, click the Edit icon of the Health Check Method. You will be taken to the Edit Health Check Method popup.
5. Modify health check method After editing the required information in the popup window, click the Confirm button.

Cancel LB health check

You can cancel the LB health check service you are not using.

To disable the LB health check, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Networking > Load Balancer menu. You will be taken to the Load Balancer’s Service Home page.
2. On the Service Home page, click the LB Health Check menu. You will be taken to the LB Health Check List page.
3. Click the resource to terminate from the LB health check list. You will be taken to the LB health check details page.
4. On the LB Health Check Details page, click the Delete LB Health Check button.
5. Once the termination is complete, check the resource termination status in the LB health check list.